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Sunday, December 30, 2018

Legendary Filmmaker Mrinal Sen Dead

Noted filmmaker Mrinal Sen passed away today (30 December, 2018) at 10:30 am. He was 95. Mrinal Sen died at his Bhawanipur residence at about 10.30 AM due to heart attack. Mrinal Sen was suffering from old age diseases.

Mrinal Sen, a Padma Bhushan and Dada Saheb Phalke awardee will be remembered for his gems like Ek Din Achanak, Padatik, Mrigayaa, Bhuvan Shome, Mrigaya, Akaler Sandhane, Calcutta 71 and many more.Mrinal Sen was born on 14 May 1923 at Faridpur, now in Bangladesh. After finishing high school there, he left home to come to Calcutta as a student. He studied physics at Scottish Church College, and subsequently earned a postgraduate degree at the University of Calcutta. As a student, he got involved with the cultural wing of the Communist Party of India. Mrinal Sen made his first feature film, Raat Bhore, in 1955. It was a flop. Mrinal Sen's second film, Neel Akasher Neechey (Under the Blue Sky), earned him local recognition, while his third film, Baishey Shravan was his first film that gave him international exposure.

Awards

National awardsNational Film Award for Best Feature Film1969: Bhuvan Shome1974: Chorus1976: Mrigayaa1980: Akaler SandhaneNational Film Award for Second Best Feature Film1972: Calcutta 711980: KharijNational Film Award for Best Feature Film in Bengali1961: Punascha1965: Akash Kusum1993: AntareenNational Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu1977: Oka Oori KathaNational Film Award – Special Mention (feature film)1978: ParashuramNational Film Award for Best Direction1969: Bhuvan Shome1979: Ek Din Pratidin1980: Akaler Sandhane1984: KhandharNational Film Award for Best Screenplay1974: Padatik1983: Akaler Sandhane1984: KharijFilmfare AwardsCritics Award for Best Film 1976 Mrigayaa Best Screenplay 1984 Khandhar Best Director - Bengali 1982 Akaler Shandhaney Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award 2017 Bengali Cinema International awardsMoscow International Film Festival - Silver Prize 1975 Chorus[9] 1979 Parashuram[10] Karlovy Vary International Film Festival - Special Jury Prize 1977 Oka Oori Katha Berlin International Film Festival Interfilm Award 1979 Parashuram 1981 Akaler Sandhane Grand Jury Prize[11] 1981 Akaler Sandhane Cannes Film Festival - Jury Prize 1983 Kharij Valladolid International Film Festival - Golden Spike 1983 Kharij Chicago International Film Festival - Gold Hugo 1984 Khandhar Montreal World Film Festival - Special Prize of the Jury 1984 Khandhar Venice Film Festival - OCIC Award - Honorable Mention 1989 Ek Din Achanak Cairo International Film Festival - Silver Pyramid for Best Director 2002 Aamar Bhuban State and institutional honorsIn 1979, he was awarded the Nehru Soviet Land Award by the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics for his contribution to world cinema.In 1981, the Government of India awarded Sen with the Padma Bhushan.In 1985, President François Mitterrand, the President of France, awarded him the Commandeur de Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (Commander of the Order of Arts and Letters), the highest civilian honour conferred by that country, in recognition of significant contributions to the arts, literature, or the propagation of these fields.In 1993, he was awarded an honorary D. Litt. by the University of Burdwan.In 1996, Sen was awarded an honorary D. Litt. by Jadavpur University.In 1999, he was awarded an honorary D. Litt. by Rabindra Bharati University.Between 1998 and 2003, he was made an Honorary Member of the Indian Parliament in the Rajya Sabha.In 2000, President Vladimir Putin of the Russian federation honored him with the Order of Friendship.In 2005, the Dadasaheb Phalke Award, the highest honor given to an Indian filmmaker, was awarded to him by the Government of India for the year 2003.In 2009, he was awarded an honorary D. Litt. by the University of Calcutta.In 2017, he was inducted as a member of the Oscar AcademyTriviaHe is a friend of Gabriel García Márquez and had often been invited as a judge in international film festivals.In 2004, Mrinal Sen completed his autobiographical book, Always Being Born.Life Time Achievement Award at 5th Global Film Festival Noida 2012.